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Truth will set you free!	By : dreamtrooper Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 9582 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter nor the characters from it and I do not make any money from the writing of this story. This plot however is a figment of my imagination.

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Over lunch Harry was told about the new developments that Draco and Hermione had found out from the memories. Harry was surprised to know that they had already found a clue that somehow his well-trained Aurors had missed. But then his Aurors were looking for Rose and not her boyfriend Michael given that he was the minister’s son and he looked like he too wanted to die along with her for losing her. There was no doubt that he still loved her. Maybe they did not think he would have any part in killing her. Harry knew that thinking of Patronelly as somehow involved in Rose’s killing was farfetched. Patronelly was a decent guy and he had always helped Harry but then a clue was a clue and no harm would come from following it. So what if he kept his love life personal? Everyone did.
“So what do you want to do now?” he asked clearing away the lunch the three had gobbled up within ten minutes with his wand. It seemed all three of them had been hungry and those sandwiches were really tasty. “Draco and I can go and speak to him and ask him if he knew about anyone who seemed close to Rose that night. And we can ask him about Michael as well.” Harry nodded slowly thinking of the repercussions of doing something like that on his job. Granted he was the saviour of the wizarding world but that was twenty years ago. Now the younger generation did not know about the fear or the hatred that they had faced. He was just a tale of bravery to them. On the other hand if he had been the one to discover the clue, he would have been in Peter’s office by now. So he simply sent a memo to him asking him for an appointment today. The answer came within minutes saying that Peter was not in his office. He had taken half a day off and that Harry could come at two tomorrow afternoon to meet him. Harry gave the letter to Hermione who was busy cataloguing his files while waiting. Draco raised his eyebrow asking if they should go meet him personally at his home. Hermione was okay with the idea and so was Harry and so the three left his office to go meet Patronelly in his flat.
Hermione heard the last sentence spoken by Peter when they stood by the door. Harry had extendable ears with him. They could hear Peter saying that Scorpius would never reveal Michael as his lover to the world. Draco, Hermione and Harry all gasped at that. Harry cast the disillusion charm on them while Draco opened the door using unlocking spell and Hermione went inside after checking if there were any other wards around the room. After being satisfied that they were invisible and inside the flat, the three stood by the open door by the drawing room which was the second room inside. The first room was a small space for people to greet and hang their coats before going inside to the drawing room. This helped the trio to get in unnoticed. They all stood still and listened to the conversation of Michael and Peter.
Michael stood up from the couch and rubbed his face trying to concentrate and not burst out on Peter, “What…How...How did you know about Scorpius? I mean I don’t know what you are talking about Peter. I have no interest in him. He is just a friend.”
Peter snorted and replied, “Right and I am Merlin himself. Mike, I saw you following him around. I saw how cuddly you both were getting after drinking too much at his Christmas party. And please do not say that was nothing because I saw both of you snogging on the steps leading to the wine cellar.” He pointed out boldly, his chin up as if daring Mike to refute his statements. Michael was mortified when he realized that his secret lover had known his secret all along. He had known his interest in Scorpius and also deduced that he was leaving him for Scorpius. His face was red with anger and embarrassment because he had been outwitted by Peter. He could not control his anger and hit out on him, “Yes! So I am with Scorpius and I love him. We both like each other enough to let our families know. He is going to be with me and his father does not mind him being with me. In fact just the other day he introduced me to Malfoy as his friend. That is why I love him.”
Peter watched him with his eyes narrowed for a minute before he began to laugh out loudly. After half a second he stopped and sneered at Michael, “Love…Love and you. You really have very grand assumptions about yourself Mike. You are not in love with Scorpius…in fact you are attracted to him like you were attracted to me. Like you were attracted to Rose.”
Michael whipped his head to glare at Peter. Rose was still a sore subject for him, “Do not speak about Rose. You don’t know anything about us. I loved her very much.”
Peter guffawed and spoke, “Loved her indeed. No Michael you had a crush on her and you thought that as love. If you had truly loved her, you would have said yes and married her instead of running away like you did.”
Michael’s face was red with anger but he replied calmly, “Again, you do not know what you are talking about. I told her that I was not ready to get married. I did not want to settle down so soon and yet she kept pressurizing me to make that commitment. I loved her but her persistence was making it seem like she did not care about my feelings. I am a Bi and I needed to know about both aspects of my life. She was dead against that. She wanted me to choose her. I couldn’t do it.” His voice sounded small at the end of his monologue.
Peter went to him and pulled him close, “Mike…if you had said yes…you would have become a father by now. You would have had a son.” Michael stiffened and replied, “I know…she told me but I also told her to get rid of it because I did not want to become a father so soon. I was just out of school and I wanted to experience life before I settled down but she was adamant. She kept saying that she wanted her first child no matter what.”
“It was foolish of you to have said no. If you would have said yes then she would have backed down and after the child was born you could have taken custody as his father. Wizarding laws state that the children be with their father. At least you would have had your heir and we could have been together. I would have loved the child like it was my own. If only…”
Michael looked at Peter as he realized something, “You…you spoke to her about my child. Did she tell you anything else? When was the last time you spoke to her?”
Peter sat down on the couch taking a deep breath before revealing what he had hid till then, “She came to me the day she realized that she was pregnant. She told me to leave you because you would never leave your own child. She told me that she was going to marry you and have her child. She told me the child was a boy. I pleaded to her to stop blackmailing you like that. I told her that I would stand by you. She laughed at me saying that I would never risk my political life for my personal one. I realized she was right and so we came to a compromise. I told her that she could marry you as long as she would allow me to be a part of your life. She was silent for a long time before she told me that she would get back to me about her decision. She understood your dilemma Michael. She knew that you were torn between us.”
Michael stood in silence and could not meet his lover’s eyes. He had tears in his eyes as he remembered his best friend Rose whom he had loved a lot. She was family before she decided to take charge of his life as well. He had never felt so suffocated in his life before. It was like she was squeezing the life out of him by her demands. He was not father material that he knew for sure. He felt no love for the child nor did he want to settle down so early in life. He knew that if his father came to know about her pregnancy then he would force him to marry her no matter what. His father was traditional that way. He had pleaded to be set free. He wanted her to lose the kid so that he could breathe again. Instead he lost her that too at a party in Scorpius’s house. “I told her to lose the child. I had no intention of being a father to the baby. I don’t think I would have made a good father especially when I did not want that child. But Rose was adamant. I…I lost her in the end. I…I still miss her sometimes. She was my best friend.”
Peter hugged him for a few seconds before releasing him and sitting down again, “She…She was going to marry someone else.” Hearing this Michael looked at him shocked. Silence ensued for a few seconds before he could speak, “What! What do you mean marry? She never told me anything about that. Why did you not say anything before? Why tell me now?”
Peter looked angry and took deep breaths to calm down. “I am telling you now because you need to know the whole truth and know how hurt she was. You need to know how utterly thoughtless you are about other people’s feelings. Rose thought that maybe you would realise the importance of your child but when you responded negatively she decided to get married and have the child. She would name her husband as his father and raise the kid in front of your eyes. She would never let you meet him and she wanted to punish you for not wanting such a beautiful thing in your life. You hurt her so much that she took such a rash decision that would have ruined her life. A loveless marriage is a curse Mike. Surely you know that.”
Michael sat beside him and spoke, “Why did you not tell the Aurors about this?” Peter snorted, “And what…have them come after you? You forget that I love you Mike. I would never do anything to hurt you. Sadly I cannot say the same thing about you.” Michael looked ashamed at his lover’s thoughts about him. He wanted to reassure him that he would be with him he knew that now his words would seem hollow. So he simply nodded his thanks and went into the bedroom and got dressed and came out. Peter did the same. Not a word passed between them as they realized that there was lot that they needed to say to each other and clarify their stands. Their relationship would never be the same again.
Hermione saw the opportunity and decided to whisper to Draco to reveal themselves as they now had new information about Rose’s child’s father. She nudged Draco and he in turn pushed Harry to move. Harry knew that this was the right time and so he revealed himself and walked up to the door and knocked as if he had just arrived. Scared Michael tried to apparate but Hermione had cast anti apparition charms. He looked panicked as Peter opened the door thinking it was someone from the office. He was surprised to see Harry who smiled, greeted him and walked inside. He spotted Michael and told both men that he needed to speak to them about some memories that he had acquired from witnesses. Peter and Michael both looked apprehensively at each other. As they walked out of the flat with Harry, they gulped down their tension as they knew they could not escape from Harry Potter.
Hermione revealed herself after the duo left the flat. Draco did the same. She cried releasing the sadness and tension that she felt after hearing the pain her daughter had gone through. She realised how sad and worried Rose must have been after knowing that she was pregnant but the father did not want her child to be born. She again cursed herself for not being sharp enough to notice her daughter’s pain. Rose must have been really ashamed about her condition to not have told her about her struggle. Draco held her gently embracing her with his warm hands and soothingly whispering kind words to get her to relax and stop blaming herself.
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